Atrocities

Reports on the trial at Yokohama of Kitaro Ishida, nicknamed 'the Bull,' for "atrocities against American prisoners of war at the Hirota camp, near Osaka." Another news wire piece reports on "charges that a Japanese army captain forced American prisoners of war to attend and furnish entertainment at a Japanese party celebrating the death of President Roosevelt."

Reports on the sentencing of death by hanging of Capt. Kaichi Hirate, "Japanese prisoner of war camp commandant, guilty of brutal atrocities against Allied prisoners." Relates the arguments used by the prosecution and the defense during the trial that took place at Yokohama.

Reports on the testimony of Salvador Abad Santos to a military commission in Manila regarding the signing of a death warrant for former Philippines Supreme court chief justice Jose Abad Santos by Gen. Masaharu Homma. Other topics reported on include: testimony at the Tokyo war crimes trial on orders to Japanese guards to kill Allied POWs "in event of allied amphibious or skyborne landings in Japan," affidavits presented in court relating atrocities, and witness testimony regarding the beatings meted out by Japanese military men in prison camps.

Reports on the testimony of a Filipino at the trial of Lieut. General Kono in Manila. He recounted stories of how Japanese bayoneted men, women, and children on Panay Island.

Reports on the upcoming trial of Masaaki Mibuchi and Jutaro Kikuchi, both of whom were "accused of beheading and bayoneting 2nd Lt. Darwin T. Emry, Denver, Colo., B-29 bombardier whose plan crashed after the great Tokyo raid of last May 25." The article (from the Pacific Stars and Stripes) indicates that the trial will be unique because the case will rest solely upon testimony from Japanese witnesses "rather than on affidavits and other documents."